A hypothetical question. Say you bought a brand new rifle that had a recommended max cartridge length of 1.830" and you put a bullet into a neck sized case and chambered it, ejected the round and the OAL was 1.865", would you be concerned at all? Would you return the rifle? Thanks in advance.
Chamber length vs OAL
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Some Reload books list the bullet they used with COAL, but even that really means nothing as every gun is different. Take two bullets side by side like a Horn A-Max & a reg SP of same weight & you will see the Olgave (where the bullet touchs the lands) can be in totally different places. If you playing accuiracy you need to measure where the Olgave needs to be in relation to the case.
On some rifles, max OAL is dictated by the magazine dimensions instead of the throat. As senior says, bullet lengths and profiles vary greatly and you need to figure out the set up for your gun and load combo.
I wouldn't worry about the factory numbers on a rifle, I would measure what I have and work to that.
Mark
I wouldn't worry about the factory numbers on a rifle, I would measure what I have and work to that.
Mark
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It sounds like the bullet is being pushed into the throat of the rifling such that it is grabbing the bullet when the cartridge is extracted.
You can check whether the bullet is being pushed into the rifling by loading a dummy round and colouring the bullet black with a marker. The ink will be removed if and where the bullet is in contact with the rifling.
You can check whether the bullet is being pushed into the rifling by loading a dummy round and colouring the bullet black with a marker. The ink will be removed if and where the bullet is in contact with the rifling.
